The forthcoming Olympic Games in London has produced a wide range of creative responses, in the form of art, music and writing, long before its arrival. One such initiative is being driven by a ...
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How would you react if you walked into the classroom one day to find your new teacher was Professor Dumbledore, Gandalf the Grey, or Merlin the Wizard? Would you fear their magical powers? Would you ...
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The forthcoming Olympic Games in London has produced a wide range of creative responses, in the form of art, music and writing, long before its arrival. One such initiative is being driven by a ...
Read more: An ancient mosaic of London in 2012

Horace’s first experience of Rome was as a schoolboy. His father, a freedman who had risen to be a regional banker in Apulia, did not want him to go to the local school, where sons of the local ...
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Do you think Halloween, with its tradition of trick-or-treat, is a relatively modern holiday? Or maybe you've heard it associated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain? Would you be surprised ...
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Magic was widely practised in the ancient world; archaeology and written texts provide considerable evidence for it. And what is fascinating about examining the many and varied rituals that ...
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